Often they do go back and forth the whole way, and I don't know until the very end what the last line of the book is going to be. That was true here - the very last line of the book was the last thing that happened.

By the time I finished the book [All Alone in the Universe], Robin Roy was saying, "More pictures!"

With most of my books, there are some parts that pop up right away, and other parts I have to wait for.

One of my favorite moments in that book [As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth] was when something happened that I had no idea was going to happen.

I had a general outline of subjects. The way I start my days is my husband brings me a thermos of coffee up to the bedroom.

I don't want to make myself sound that spontaneous, because I'm not.

I think we're conditioned by watching movies.